A middle-aged labourer was allegedly beaten up by a shopkeeper and his two sons over a dispute in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Monday.
Rajkumar was beaten up by the accused at a market in Budhana town on Sunday, an officer said. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media.
Pradeep and his two sons, Avtosh and Abhishek, have been arrested. A case has been registered against the three under Sections 342, 323, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, Senior Superintendent of Police Abhishek Yadav said.
Two sub-inspectors, Rajender Vashist and Onkarnath Pandey, have been transferred for negligence of duty, the officer added.
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